Dressmaker&#39;s fitting-table.



V. H. GANHAM.

DBESSMAKERS FITTING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7, 1908.

91 3,692, Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

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DRESSMAKERS FITTING-TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 2, 1909.

App1ioation filed May 7, 1908. Serial No. 431,412.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VIcToR H. OANHAM, a subject of the King of England,residing at Guelph, in the Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in DressmakersFitting-Tables, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to dress-makers fitting tables, and is illustratedin the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a plan view, Fig. 2 isa side elevation, Fig. 3 is a lan view with the rim re moved and partsroken away, Fig. 4 is a cross-section on the line 44 of Fig. 3, Fig. 5is a side elevation, Fig. 6 is a view 011 the line 66 of Fig. 4 lookingupwardly, Fig. 7 is a section on the line 77 of Fig. 1, Fig. 8 is anenlarged view of the hemmer guide.

Like parts are indicated by the same letter in all the figures.

A A are side pieces of a frame supported on the legs A A B Fig. 3 is adrum mounted on such frame by means of the bearing ieces B Fig. 4,provided with the crank or andle B and the ratchet wheel 13 and thelocking do 13*. On the drum are wound chains B two at each end, and eachof these chains passes over the pulley O mounted on the frame, down intothe chamber C in one of the le s and is attached to the lower end of arod (3*, the upper end of which is secured to a movable frame C on.which is hinged at C C the rim O C is a standard which passes throughthe hole C in the rim O and is made fast at C to parts now to bedescribed which are rigid on the fixed or leg supported rim.

D D Fig. 3 are two bars extending from side to side of the fixed frameand connected to the side pieces A A.

D is a part fastened to one of the bars D to make the bearing C for thebar C.

D Fig. 4 is a shorter and lower cross bar extending from the side pieceA to the side piece A.

D D Figs. 3 and 7 are two sliding bars which lie outside of the bars D Dpassing through slots at D D in the bars A connect ed to ether at theirouter ends by a cross piece 5 and at their inner ends by the cross pieceD which lies below the bars D D and above the bar D E is an extensiontable which has the downwardly projecting guide bars E E? which serve tobring the table E into position at rest upon the bars D D when they ireextended as shown in the dotted lines in F F Figs. 1 and 2 are shortbars secured on the surface of the rim O overhanging the groove F inwhich slides the base F Fig. 8 of the hemmer guide which consists of theupwardly extending part F and the areshaped portion F. The hemmer guidebase can be moved in or out, adjusted to the position of the skirt, andit is locked in such predetermined position by the set screw F The rimbeing hinged at C O to a movable frame which consists of the bars O isadapted to be tilted as shown in Fig. 5. The movable frame is suppliedwith the cross bars G G Fig. 6 and the corner strengthening bars G G.Between the bars G G and pivoted thereto lies the rim support consistingof the two legs Gr G connected by the cross piece G pivoted at G4 to thebars G G and held from too great extension by the chain G as indicatedin Fig. 5.

D I5 is a fixed platform mounted on the bars J is a spiral s ring orelastic device secured to the bar 2 at one end, and to the chain J atthe other. around the shaft J mounted on the suports J J which aresecured to one of the xed frame pieces A. On the shaft J is the drum Jon which is wound the measuring tape J, the other end of which issecured to the bar O of the movable frame on which the rim is mounted.

While in my drawings I have illustrated an actual construction, I wishnevertheless to have them taken as diagrammatic, and merely intended toillustrate my invention to show its construction in a concrete form.

The use and operation of my invention are as follows:-The person to befitted stands on the fixed platform H. If the skirt has a train, thesliding frame can be drawn out as shown in Fig. 3, and the extensionplatform be laid thereon. The rim can now be adjusted to any height byoperating the crank B whereby the movable frame and rim mounted thereonwill be elevated. The rest standard O is in a vertical position, andsince it passes through the perforation in the rim, it remainsundisturbed. The height to which the rim is elevated is determined andeasily adjusted by reference to the tape J which is elastically held tothe fixed frame and is connected at its end to the movable This chainpasses frame. The hemmer guide can be moved back and forth into anydesired position to accommodate itself to the circumstances. When thetable has served its purpose as a fitting and hemming measuring table,it should serve some useful urpose or otherwise it takes up a great deaof valuable space in the ordinary shop. For that reason I have provideda tilting rim. The rest standard is removed, the extension platform isremoved, the sliding frame is pushed into position and the movable framecan then be raised to any desired height and the rim can then be tiltedtliereon and held in position as shown in Fig. 5, and the device thenbecomes a dis lay stand.

To imit the upward movement of the rim I provide a chain Kwrapped-around the drum B and secured thereto at one end and secured atthe other end to a projection K from the rim or frame. The length of thechain limits the upward movement.

I claim:

1. In a dress-makers fittin table, the combination of a fixed frame-wita movable frame. and a fixed platform on the fixed frame, and a rimhinged 011 the movable frame so as to be tilted thereon, and movedtherewith, and a folding support on such tilting rimv onthe side 0posite the hinges.

2. In a dress-ma rers fitting table, the combination of a fixed framewith a movable frame, and a fixed platform on the fixed frame, and a rimon the movable frame and a hemmer guide mounted on the rim.

3. In a dress-makers fittin table, the combination of a fixed frame witha movable frame, a fxedplatform on the fixed frame, and a rim on themovable frame and a hemmer guide mounted on the rim so as to beadjustable toward and from the-fixed platform.

4. In a dress-makers fitting table, the combination of a fixed framewith a movable frame, a fixed platform on the fixed frame, and a rim onthe movable frame and a-sliding frame on the fixed frame and a removableextension platform adapted to rest on such sliding frame.

VICTOR H. CANHAM. l/Vitnesses:

M. N AIRN, S. MoCRAE.

